32. What if I recover?
If the Medical Examining Board decides that you are no longer disabled, and if you have not yet reached your normal retirement age, your disability retirement benefit from SERS will be discontinued. You will receive both vesting service and credited service in SERS for the period during which you received disability retirement benefits (provided that your total credit may not be more than 30 years or your actual years of service before becoming disabled, whichever is larger).
If you are not reemployed at this time, and if you satisfy the age and service requirements, you will be deemed to have retired under a normal or an early retirement, and your pension will be adjusted under the rules governing those types of retirement. If you satisfy the service requirement for a vested rights retirement, you will retain the right to begin receiving retirement benefits at any time after you reach minimum retirement age.
If, at the time of your recovery, you have not satisfied the service requirement for a normal, early, or vested rights retirement, then you may receive a refund, with interest, of the contributions you made to SERS during your period of active employment.